Stacker attachment for corn huskers



Nov. ,8, 1932. A, ROSENTHAL 1,886,906

STAGKER ATTACHMENT FOR CORN HUSKE'RS Filed Deo. 5, 1930 Patented Nov. 8, 1932 UN-rrrn STATES Para insane Nr erregen i AUGUST RCSENTAI., or WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNon To ROSENTIIAL i MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or WEST ALLIS, WISCoNsIN Y r STACKER ATTACHMENT ron- CORN HUSKERS Application `ile December VThis invention relates to corn huskers of the well-known Rosenthal type, utilizing a conveyor for feeding the material to a blower. y .f

In machines of the foregoing type, one of the difficulties encountered resides in the prevention of excessive accumulation of material at the blower opening, with resulting clogging of the same.. v

It is,V therefore, the primary. object of the lpresent invention to provide means above the conveyor to prevent excessive accumulation of material at the blower opening,thus in suring uniform gradual feeding of the material to theblower, which not only prevents clogging of the blower opening, but also over- Y loading of the blower. y

Incidental to the foregoing, a more specific object of the invention resides in the provision 20.0f means for retarding and/or distributing Y any excessive,accumulation of material adjacent the blower opening. Y

A more specific object of the invention-is to provide a beater positioned adjacent the top of the blower opening and rotatable in a direction opposite to the 'feed of the material,

whereby excessive feed of the material is retarded and any Vundue accumulation is distributed. v

v A still further object resides in the provision of a'beater of the foregoing type comprisfing longitudinal blades in combination with transverse fingers, certain of said blades being 'arrangedangularly with relation to the.

,longitudinal axis of the beater to shift the material engaged thereby away from the blower opening, but towards the blower sideof the conveyor and also retard the feed of the samie.A

'With the-above and other objects in view,

40. which will appearfas the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of lparts substantially ashereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, -it'being` understoodV that suchv changes in" the precise embodiment of the herein disclosedinvention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the-accompanying drawing 1S illustrat- Y 59 ed one complete example of the physical em 5, 1930. serial No. 500,257.-

bodiment of the present invention construct- 4 "ed according to thebest modev so far devised for `thepractical application of themprinci-V ples thereof. Y v In the drawing, Figure lis a longitudinal sectional viewV through that portion of a corn husker in which the present invention is incorporated; f Figure 2 is atransverse section taken on the line 2-2 `of Figure l; and i Figure 3 is a detail plan view of the beater. Referringl now more particularly "to jthe accompanying drawinggthe numeral l designates generally thedischarge .end of a conventional type of Corn husker provided with a reciprocative shaker trough 2, which trough comprises a main feeding screen 3 and an auxiliary separating screeny 4 adapted to collect separated kernels of corn and siftout particles of dirt and foreign material. The feeding 'screen 3. is lpreferably formed of sheet metal and provided with struck-up lips 5 adjacent the apertures 6, whereby upon movement of the screen in one direction the material is fed forwardly while dirt and loose kernels of corn are delivered. to the 'collecting screen 4. Obviously, wheny the shakerV is shifted rapidly inthe opposite direction, theY struck-up tongues, 5 will slide under themateriahthus causing the same to- .be intermittently fedforwardly upon the shaker@ l A l At its discharge end, the `frame 1 carries Y a conventional-'blower conveyor 7 provided with an axial intake opening 8 located at one .side of the shaker adjacent its discharge end and, just above the feeding screen 3. One end of the shaker 2 carries a discharge head 9 against which the feeding screen 43 terminates in an upturned flange l0, which' serves` to retain the cut material on the feeding l screen until such time as the same is drawnV ried by the husker frame Vl, while the lower 1.00

edge of the plate has secured thereto in any suitable manner a depending flexible iiap or apron 13. The flap or apron 13 is preferably made of rubber or similar flexible material, and is arranged in the path of the vertical flange 10, whereby upon reciprocation of the trough 2,'the apron'3 is intermittently engaged to effect limited oscillation of the plate 11.

By this construction it will be seen that as the material is fed forwardly upon the screen 3, and engages the oscillating plate 11, the same will be intermittently shifted toward the blower opening 8, it being understood that the plate 1 1 isangularly arranged with relation to the axis of the blower opening, as Shown in my pending application led September 17, 1930, Serial No. 489,381. Naturally, as the material is fed along upon the shaker screen 3 in the blower opening 8, the same will be drawn into the blower and delivered to any suitable point desired.

Vhle the foregoing structure has Jbeen illustrated and described in some detail, it will be understood that the same forms no part of the present invention other than in the generall combination as hereinafter claimed. Y Y

While the foregoing structure has to a certain extent overcome excessive accumulation of material and clogging of the blower opening, still under certain conditions of material and excessive heavy feed of the same, this objection is still occasionally encountered, and therefore the present invention is designed to eliminate any possibility of clogging under all conditions. This is accomplished in the present instance by means of a oeater 14 designed to be rotated in a direction Opposite to the feed of the material, as indicated by the arrow in Figure 1.

While the beater may be constructed in various ways, for the purpose of durability and cheapness of construction it is proposed to fabricate the same from sheet material.V

Therefore, a pair of end heads 15 are provided which are connected by a pair of parallel spaced plates 16 secured to the heads in any suitable manner and fastened upon a shaft 17 positioned between the plates 16. The shaft 17 is journalled in suitable bearings 18 carried by the husker frame, and is provided at one end with a sprocket 19 through which the shaft is rotated by means 1 of a chain connection with *any suitable power source present in the husker.

i `As will be best noted in Figures 1 and 2, at suitable spaced intervals, transverse ngers 2() are positioned between the parallel plates 16 and'project therefrom to engage any excessive accumulation of material and thus breakup or distribute the same.

As best shown in Figure 3, the transverse hangers are adjustably attached in order that the same may be projected, retracted or removed to best accommodate the particular character of material being fed through the huslrer. This is accomplished by bending the inner ends of the fingers back upon themselves to straddle the attaching bolts 21. Thus by loosening the bolts 21, the fingers may be slid inwardly or outwardly with relation to the beater.

Cooperating with the plates 16 are auxill`iary plates 22 attached to the plates 16 by suitable brackets 23 and to the end plates 15 ing of the material by the shaker to the blow- A er opening is in no way affected. However, should an excessive amount of material ac! cumulate adjacent the blower opening and tend to obstruct t-he same, such material will be engaged by the blades and fingers of the A beater, which being rotated in a direction opposite to the feed of the material will cause the same to be distributed away from the blower opening until such time as a gradual normal feed is again obtained Y .In connection with the foregoing, an essential feature of the present invention resides in the position of the beater with relation to the blower opening. As will be readily seen from the showing in Figure 1, the beater isY c mounted closely adjacent and above the blower opening 8, the axis of the beater being positioned just forwardly of the axis of the blower. Thus, should an excessive amount of material tend to accumulate, the` same is distributed by the beater before it has an opportunity to completely obstruct or clog the blower opening.

I claim:

1. In a corn husking machine having a A conveyor and a blower positioned at one side of said conveyor, said blower having an opening for receiving material from the c0nveyor, a rotary beater positioned adjacent and above saidopening and comprising longitudinal blades, certain of which are angu larly disposed with relation to the axis of said beater.

2. In a corn husking `machine having a conveyor and a blower positioned `at onev side of said conveyor, said blower having an opening for receiving material from the conveyor, a rotary beater positioned adjacent and above said opening and comprising longitudinal blades and radial fingers.

3. Ina corn husking machine having a 15J conveyor and a blower positioned at one side of said conveyor, said blower having an opening for receiving material from the conveyor, a rotary beater positioned adjacent and above said opening and comprising longitudinal blades and radial adjustable ngers.

4. In a corn husking machine having a conveyor and a blower positioned at one side of said conveyor, said blower having an opening for receiving material from fthe Conveyor, a rotary beater positioned adjacent and above said opening and comprising longitudinal blades and radial transverse ngers, certain of said blades being angularly disposed with relation to the longitudinal axis of said beater.

5. In a corn husking machine having a conveyor and a blower positioned at one side of said conveyor, said blower having an opening for receiving material from fthe conveyor, a rotary beater positioned adjacent and above said opening and comprising longitudinal blades and adjustable radial transverse iingers, certain of said blades being angu-y larly disposed with relation to the longitudinal axis of said beater.

6. In a corn huslring machine having a conveyor and a blower positioned at one side of said conveyor, said blower having an opening for receiving material from the conveyor, a rotary beater positioned adj acent and above said opening and comprising a shaft, a pair of end plates mounted on said 35 shaft, spaced parallel longitudinal plates secured upon said shaft and to said end plates, longitudinal plates securedto said parallel plates and said end plates, said longitudinal plates being angularly disposed with rela- 40 tion to the axis of said shaft, and transverse radial fingers adjustably mounted between said parallel plates.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in 45 the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

AUGUST ROSENTI-IAL. 

